HAVE A NICE DAY

 

Ah, Saturday, weather in Hawaii is beautiful.  Lahaina will be well in a decade or so.  Four astronauts, representing Denmark, Japan and Russia, commanded by Jasmin Moghbeli of the USA, were launched towards the International Space Station on the longest human spaceflight in NASA history.  Almost all is well on Planet Earth.  So have a nice day.

Joe and Jill Biden serenaded with Hawaii Pono'ī.

Edinburgh Festival Fringe began earlier this month and will end on Monday, August 28.  Been to this event three times.  Here is what you missed.  This is only the largest performance arts festival in the world, occurring the only month it is tolerable in Scotland, and typically features 3,300 different shows from more than 60 countries, with 50,000 performances.  A lot of this is free and on the streets.  A must go is the Military Tattoo inside the arena of Edinburgh Castle.  Good luck trying to find a hotel room in town.

Some political fun on this nice day.

Hurricane Franklin in the Atlantic will not threaten the USA.

In the West Pacific, there are two storms.  Damrey will strengthen into a typhoon, but upon doing so, turn right, away from Japan.

The dangerous one is Typhoon Saola, which began as a tropical depression on Wednesday, attained hurricane strength yesterday, is today at Category 3, and will tomorrow become a Category 4.

The expectation is for Saola to just avoid the Philippines, then turn towards the southern tip of Taiwan, perhaps as a Super Typhoon, and make landfall over China sufficiently north of Hong Kong as a Category 2.

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